‘They haven’t made these 400 scores they have been talking about’: Ponting’s jab at hapless poms

Fox Sports Australia – Pakistan’s defeat of New Zealand on Wednesday piled the pressure on the host nation, who are now fourth and just one point ahead of both Bangladesh and the 1992 champions.

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England have now lost their last two games, shocked by Sri Lanka last week and beaten convincingly by Australia on Tuesday.

But after dominating one-day cricket with their aggressive approach with the bat for the last four years, Ponting asked if it was the best game plan to take into a high-pressure tournament.

“Tournament play is a lot different to a regular bilateral series where England have come out and scored some huge scores in the past few years.

But star England batsman Joe Root insisted their loss to Australia wasn’t a case of the tournament favourites cracking under pressure at home.